Epidemiology of pediatric surgical needs in low-income countries

Elissa K. Butler; Tu M. Tran; Neeraja Nagarajan; Joseph Canner; Anthony T. Fuller; Adam Kushner; Michael M. Haglund; Emily R. Smith; on behalf of the SOSAS 4 Country Research Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170968

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Epidemiology of pediatric surgical needs in low-income countries

Elissa K. Butler,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Tu M. Tran,

Affiliation Duke University Global Health Institute, Durham, NC, United States of America
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Neeraja Nagarajan,

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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Joseph Canner,

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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Anthony T. Fuller,

Affiliations Duke University Division of Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Durham, NC, United States of America, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
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Adam Kushner,

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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Michael M. Haglund,

Affiliations Duke University Global Health Institute, Durham, NC, United States of America, Duke University Division of Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Durham, NC, United States of America, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
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Emily R. Smith ,

* E-mail: emily.smith1@duke.edu

Affiliations Duke University Global Health Institute, Durham, NC, United States of America, Duke University Division of Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Durham, NC, United States of America
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on behalf of the SOSAS 4 Country Research Group

¶Membership of the SOSAS 4 Country Research Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
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Epidemiology of pediatric surgical needs in low-income countries

Elissa K. Butler,
Tu M. Tran,
Neeraja Nagarajan,
Joseph Canner,
Anthony T. Fuller,
Adam Kushner,
Michael M. Haglund,
Emily R. Smith,
on behalf of the SOSAS 4 Country Research Group

Published: March 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170968

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